Cover for magazines.



H. W. J. GRUETTNER.

COVER FOR MAGAZINES.

APPLICA TION FILED lUNE 11. 19M.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

1'3 INVENTOR:

WlTN ESSES ATTORNEYS HENRY WILLIAM JACOB GRUETTNER, 0F

VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA.

oovnn FOR MAGAZINES;

Application filed June 11, 1914.

70 all whmn. it may concern Be it known that l. HENRY N. J. (incur? -XER, a citizen of the United States. residing at Vallejo, in the countvoir Solano and State of California, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Covers for Magazines, of which the follou ing a specification.

T his invention has reference to improvements in covers for magazines, and its object is to provide a magazine cover of art design whereby the picture usually incorporatcd in the cover may be supplied without advertising mutter, but at the same time produce the desired artistic effect in con junction with the advertising matter provided on mugs-zine covers as usually producsd.

It is customary to print the name of the magazine with the publishers name and other information in such manner upon tie cover as to prevent the utilization of the picturesque portion of the cover for art purposes separate from the advertising matter, and it is also customary to provide subscribers with the picture portion of the cover free from advertising matter at an advanced rate.

With the present invention the unlettered picture may be provided as a component partof the magazine cover without ext a cost, and so associated with the advertising matter that the object of the publisher is fully accomplished with added value given to the purchaser without material added expense to the purchaser.

Withthe present invention the cover of the magazine is produced as usual but with out the picture portion imprinted thereon, the cover being provided with a cut-out, and the picture free from advertising matter is secured in the magazine between the body of the latter and the cover, so that the picture portion is visible through the cut out. In order to preserve the picture portion against soiling or other injury, a protecting sheet is introduced between the cover proper and the picture, which sheet may loo-0f suiticiently transparent material to give fairly clear view of the picture through the cutout, whereby the artistic cdect of a picturesque cover design is obtained without any advertising matter being present upon the picture itself or the sheet upon which the picture is printed.

'ihe invention will be best understood Specification of Letters 'latent.

that is Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Serial No. 844,557.

from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings -forming a part .of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings'show a practical form of the invention, thedatter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing oi the drawings, but may he changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention.

In the drawings :--l*igure l is a perspective view of a magazine constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-'2 of. Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the 'line or 1. l is a rear view of a fragmentoi the cover sheet showing a small transparent protecting sheet fast thereto.

Referring to the drawings,

a magazine 1 \vliicn may be taken as indicative of any magazine provided with an ar tistir cover, wl'iich latter usually has some design thereupon produced by some artist, and sometimes an artistof note, but it is customary to imprint the title of the mags.- zine, the name of the publisher, and other matter upon the face of the coventhus in a large measure spoiling the effectiveness of the cover for preservation, although some covers so highly artistic and sowell executed to warrant preservation. Vifith some magazines the cover desi ns are real works of art, and it is the desire of many purchasers to preservesuch designs, but in many instances portions of the designs must he sacrificed in order to"cut away the advertising matter.

In accordance with the present invention there is bound into the front portion of the magazine a sheet 2 upon which the artistic portion of the cover, including that portion which it is desirable to preserve, is printed,

there is shown lication, as indicated at Y s included, While in some magazines some of the matter shown in Fig. 1 is omitted.

The front cover 4 1s provided with a cutout 11 of any appropriate size, but large enough to expose to V ew the greater portion of the design 3.

' the same sheet is as onion skin, or

In order toprotect the design from liability of injury by soiling or otherwise, there is bound into the magazine a sheet 12 between the sheet 2 and the cover 4, so as to overlie the design 3 Where exposed to View through the cut-out 11. 'Tl1is sheet 12 may be made of isinglass, transparent paper, such the like, any of which is so nearlytransparent that the design is quite visible through it, although, of course,

not so clearly visible aswvhen the sheet 12 is omitted. Such transparent sheet, however,

isprotective of the desig so that the purchaser may be assured of obtaining the unlettered design sheet with little chance of injury thereto. At the same time the general artistic effect of a cover as usually produced with the design and imprinting all on retained, so that the object of the artistic "cover is'accomplished, so far is concerned, and the value is enhanced by the presence of the unlettered design, costing the publisher so little extra to produce as to enable the magazine to besold at the same price as before, While the advantage to the purchaser is so much greater that the presence of the unlettered design sheet Will contribute very materially to increase the circulation of the magazine, and thus repay the publisher'for the slightly added expense due to the incorporation of the present invention.

AS to the protecting sheet 12, it is immaterial as to how it may be incorporated in the publication, since it may be loosely placed between the external sheet e and the ornamented sheet 2, or it may be bound in the magazine in the usual manner, or it may be made a permanent part of the external sheet, in which latter case it need be but little larger than the cut-out, such small protecting sheet being shown at 12 111 Fig. 4-, being made fast at the margins to the sheet 4 about the cutout 11. The sheet 2 Which constitutes the ornamental element of the cover may be bound in the magazine in the usual manner, or may be other 'ise secured thereto, to prevent its accidental displacement.

What is claimed is .In a magazine, a cover comprising an external sheet having a cut-out and also having printed matter on its visible surface about the cut-out for imparting information as to the magazine, and another sheet bound into the magazine back of the first sheet and separate from the latter, said second sheet being free from printing of the kind customarily placed on magazine covers and provided with artistic ornamentation located thereon in position to be visible through the cut-out of the first-namedsheet and coacting with the advertising matter on the external sheet to produce an ornamental cover for the magazine.

In testimonv whereof I ailix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses. I

HENRY WILLIAM JACOB GRUETTNER. Witnesses J. A. FITZGERALD, R. GRUETTNER. 

